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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
On Apr 1, 2007, Joan from Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) wrote:
This plant is listed on the North Dakota invasive/troublesome list and this information is being distributed in a guide developed by the ND Weed Control Association and other agencies.
Plant Features
Perennial, up to 30 feet tall
Evergreen/cedar-like shrub or small tree
Loses all of it's leaves in the fall
Leaves soft, scale-like, turn yellow/reddish before dropping in late fall
Bark is scaly and reddish on older plants, smooth and reddish on younger plants
Large stout taproot with a slender upright or branched trunk
Flowers abundant, white to pink, 5 petals, located on the ends of branches
Blooms May through September
Spreads by plant fragments and pepper size/like seed
Distribution:
Widespread invasive found in ornamental landscape plantings and in moist areas (waterways, shorelines, etc.)
Interesting Facts:
May transpire up to 200 gallons of water daily
Suppresses growth of other plants by excreting salt (increases soil salinity).
Roots known to reach 50 foot depths.
A single plant may produce over half-million seeds per year
On Dec 27, 2006, frostweed from Josephine, Arlington, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
Saltcedar, Salt Cedar, Five-stamen Tamarix, Tamarisk Tamarix ramosissima is naturalized in Texas and other States and is considered an invasive noxious plant in Texas.
On Nov 25, 2004, caron from Woodland Park, CO (Zone 4b) wrote:
Colorado Class B Noxious Weed. Mandatory eradication in Jackson, Montrose and San Miguel counties as well as all counties in the San Luis Valley watershed.
On Aug 30, 2002, smiln32 from Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) wrote:
Saltcedar is a long-lived (50-100 years), dense, deciduous shrub or tree 6 to 26 feet. Seeds are not viable for more than a few weeks. Seedlings grow slowly and require saturated soils throughout the first 2 to 4 weeks of growth. They will not survive more than 1 day without moist soil.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Isle, Minnesota Klamath Falls, Oregon Santa Fe, Texas Seattle, Washington Mosinee, Wisconsin
